2025–26 Montreal Victoire season

2025–26 Montreal Victoire
League2nd PWHL
2025–26 record10–4–1–5
Home record8–1–1–1
Road record2–3–0–4
Goals for52
Goals against30
Team information
General managerDanièle Sauvageau[1]
CoachKori Cheverie[1]
CaptainMarie-Philip Poulin
Alternate captainsErin Ambrose
Laura Stacey
ArenaPlace Bell
Average attendance10,076
Team leaders
GoalsMarie-Philip Poulin (9)[2]
AssistsAbby Roque (11)[2]
PointsMarie-Philip Poulin
Abby Roque (17)[2]
Penalty minutesMaggie Flaherty (29)[2]
Plus/minusLaura Stacey (+9)[2]
WinsAnn-Renée Desbiens (12)[3]
Goals against averageAnn-Renée Desbiens (1.23)[3]

The 2025–26 Montreal Victoire season is the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[4]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 15 Boston 3–2 OT Warrener Verdun Auditorium [Recap 1]
November 17 Boston 3–2 Abstreiter Verdun Auditorium [Recap 2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Minnesota Frost 20 10 3 3 4 64 41 +23 39
2 Montreal Victoire 20 10 4 1 5 52 30 +22 39
3 Boston Fleet 20 9 5 2 4 46 34 +12 39
4 Toronto Sceptres 22 8 1 5 8 43 55 −12 31
5 Ottawa Charge 21 5 6 1 9 51 60 −9 28
6 New York Sirens 21 8 0 3 10 49 57 −8 27
7 Vancouver Goldeneyes 20 6 1 4 9 40 48 −8 24
8 Seattle Torrent 20 5 1 2 12 41 61 −20 19
Updated to match(es) played on March 19, 2026. Source: PWHL

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.[5][6][7]

Regular season schedule (Home: 8–1–1–1; Road: 2–3–0–4)
November: 1–0–0–1, 3 points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 23 @ Boston 0–2 Desbiens Tsongas Center 5,166 0–0–0–1 0 [Recap 3]
2 November 25 New York 4–0 Desbiens Place Bell 8,391 1–0–0–1 3 [Recap 4]
December: 2–1–0–2, 8 points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 1–1–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
3 December 7 Toronto 3–1 Desbiens Place Bell 8,113 2–0–0–1 6 [Recap 5]
4 December 17 @ Toronto 2–1 SO Desbiens Scotiabank Centre 10,438 2–1–0–1 8 [Recap 6]
5 December 20 @ Vancouver 4–2 Abstreiter Pacific Coliseum 12,127 3–1–0–1 11 [Recap 7]
6 December 23 @ Seattle 1–2 Desbiens Climate Pledge Arena 10,276 3–1–0–2 11 [Recap 8]
7 December 27 Toronto 1–2 Desbiens Bell Centre 18,107 3–1–0–3 11 [Recap 9]
January: 4–2–0–2, 16 points (Home: 4–1–0–0; Road: 0–1–0–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
8 January 2 @ New York 3–4 Abstreiter Prudential Center 3,513 3–1–0–4 11 [Recap 10]
9 January 4 Minnesota 3–2 OT Desbiens Place Bell 10,172 3–2–0–4 13 [Recap 11]
10 January 11 Vancouver 1–0 Desbiens Videotron Centre 14,624 4–2–0–4 16 [Recap 12]
11 January 13 Ottawa 2–1 Desbiens Place Bell 7,408 5–2–0–4 19 [Recap 13]
12 January 18 @ New York 1–2 Desbiens Capital One Arena 17,228 5–2–0–5 19 [Recap 14]
13 January 21 @ Minnesota 2–1 OT Desbiens Grand Casino Arena 6,113 5–3–0–5 21 [Recap 15]
14 January 24 Ottawa 3–1 Desbiens Place Bell 10,172 6–3–0–5 24 [Recap 16]
15 January 28 Toronto 3–0 Desbiens Place Bell 8,018 7–3–0–5 27 [Recap 17]
February: 1–0–0–0, 3 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
16 February 26 @ New York 4–1 Desbiens Prudential Center 3,488 8–3–0–5 30 [Recap 18]
March: 2–1–1–0, 9 points (Home: 2–0–1–0; Road: 0–1–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
17 March 1 Minnesota 4–0 Desbiens Place Bell 10,172 9–3–0–5 33 [Recap 19]
18 March 3 @ Toronto 4–3 SO Abstreiter Coca-Cola Coliseum 8,671 9–4–0–5 35 [Recap 20]
19 March 15 Boston 3–4 OT Desbiens Place Bell 10,172 9–4–1–5 36 [Recap 21]
20 March 19 Seattle 4–1 Desbiens Place Bell 10,033 10–4–1–5 39 [Recap 22]
21 March 22 @ Ottawa Canada Life Centre
22 March 25 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
23 March 28 New York Little Caesars Arena
April: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
24 April 1 Vancouver Place Bell
25 April 3 @ Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
26 April 7 Seattle Place Bell
27 April 11 @ Boston TD Garden
28 April 17 Boston Place Bell
29 April 21 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
30 April 25 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena

  Regulation Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Regulation Loss (0 points)


Player statistics

As of March 19, 2026[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Marie-Philip Poulin 18 9 8 17 57 +5 20
Abby Roque 19 6 11 17 47 +5 27
Laura Stacey 20 5 10 15 90 +9 10
Hayley Scamurra 20 2 7 9 36 +2 18
Kati Tabin 20 2 7 9 31 +7 10
Nicole Gosling 20 1 8 9 32 +8 8
Natálie Mlýnková 20 4 4 8 31 +4 0
Maureen Murphy 20 4 3 7 49 +1 0
Maggie Flaherty 20 3 4 7 27 +5 29
Shiann Darkangelo 20 3 2 5 40 –2 2
Dara Greig 20 3 2 5 17 +6 10
Skylar Irving 17 2 3 5 21 +2 10
Erin Ambrose 14 0 4 4 22 +3 2
Lina Ljungblom 11 2 1 3 8 +4 2
Amanda Boulier 20 0 3 3 14 +2 8
Jessica DiGirolamo 20 1 1 2 28 –1 8
Alexandra Labelle 18 0 2 2 15 +1 2
Kaitlin Willoughby 20 0 2 2 13 –1 4
Maya Labad 4 1 0 1 1 +1 4
Jade Downie-Landry 13 1 0 1 22 –2 4
Catherine Dubois 14 1 0 1 14 +1 4
Tamara Giaquinto 6 0 0 0 5 0 0
Kelly-Ann Nadeau 6 0 0 0 1 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ann-Renée Desbiens 17 1023:43 12 4 1 0 21 1.23 432 0.951 4 0 0 0
Sandra Abstreiter 3 181:28 2 1 0 0 9 2.98 76 0.882 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 23, 2025[Recap 3] Nicole Gosling 1st career PWHL game
Natálie Mlýnková
Skylar Irving 1st career PWHL game
1st career PWHL penalty
November 25, 2025[Recap 4] Natálie Mlýnková 1st career PWHL goal
1st career game-winning goal
Marie-Philip Poulin 50th career PWHL point[8]
Abby Roque 20th career PWHL assist
December 7, 2025[Recap 5] Skylar Irving 1st career PWHL assist
Natálie Mlýnková
December 17, 2025[Recap 6] Maya Labad 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
December 20, 2025[Recap 7] Shiann Darkangelo 10th career PWHL goal
Dara Greig 1st career PWHL goal
Maya Labad 1st career PWHL penalty
December 27, 2025[Recap 9] Abby Roque 15th career PWHL goal
Kaitlin Willoughby 5th career PWHL assist
January 2, 2026[Recap 10] Nicole Gosling 1st career PWHL assist
January 11, 2025[Recap 12] Nicole Gosling 1st career PWHL goal
January 18, 2026[Recap 14] Maggie Flaherty 5th career PWHL goal
Hayley Scamurra 10th career PWHL assist
January 24, 2026[Recap 16] Kati Tabin 15th career PWHL assist
January 28, 2026[Recap 17] Dara Greig 5th career PWHL assist
February 26, 2026[Recap 18] Skylar Irving 1st career PWHL goal
Nicole Gosling 5th career PWHL assist
March 1, 2026[Recap 19] Maureen Murphy 15th career PWHL goal
Marie-Philip Poulin 30th career PWHL assist
Amanda Boulier 15th career PWHL assist
March 3, 2026[Recap 20] Lina Ljungblom 5th career PWHL goal
Maggie Flaherty 10th career PWHL assist
March 15, 2026[Recap 21] Marie-Philip Poulin 40th career PWHL goal
March 19, 2026[Recap 22] Catherine Dubois 10th career PWHL goal
Laura Stacey 30th career PWHL assist

Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft
See also: List of Montreal Victoire draft picks

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[9] Montreal made five draft picks, with Clarkson University forward and Canada women's national ice hockey team member Nicole Gosling as their first round pick at fourth overall. She was followed by Natálie Mlýnková at 12, Skylar Irving at 20, Maya Labad at 36, and Tamara Giaquinto at 44. They were originally assigned pick 28 but traded it to the New York Sirens.[10]

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
October 10, 2025 Nicole Gosling First round, Fourth overall (2025) Three years [11][12]
November 20, 2025 Natálie Mlýnková Second round, 12th overall (2025) One year [13][14]
Skylar Irving Third round, 20th overall (2025) One year [13][14]
Tamara Giaquinto Sixth round, 44th overall (2025) Reserve player contract [13][14]
Maya Labad Fifth round, 36th overall (2025) Reserve player contract [13][14]

Free agency

The free agency period began on June 16, 2025 at 9:00 am ET, with a pause between June 27 and July 8.[15] Prior to the start of the free agency period, there was an exclusive signing window from June 4–8 for the Seattle and Vancouver expansion teams.[16]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 17, 2025 Shiann Darkangelo Ottawa Charge Two years [17][18][19]
Hayley Scamurra Toronto Sceptres Two years [20][19]
June 19, 2025 Jessica DiGirolamo Boston Fleet Two years [21][19][22]
June 20, 2025 Maggie Flaherty Minnesota Frost One year [23][19]
Jade Downie-Landry New York Sirens One year [24][19][25]
November 20, 2025 Megan Warrener University of Connecticut (HE) One year [13][14]
Claire Vekich Minnesota State University (WCHA) Reserve player contract [13][14]

Contract extensions/terminations

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
June 16, 2025 Kati Tabin Two years [26][27]
June 19, 2025 Sandra Abstreiter One year [28]
Catherine Dubois One year [29]
July 8, 2025 Kaitlin Willoughby One year [30][31]
July 21, 2025 Alexandra Labelle One year [32][33]
November 20, 2025 Kelly-Ann Nadeau Reserve player contract[a] [13][14]
Player contract terminations
Date Player Term remaining Ref
January 4, 2026 Claire Vekich Reserve player contract [34]

Trades

Trades involving the Victoire
Date Details Ref
June 24, 2025 To New York Sirens
Kristin O'Neill
Fourth round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#28 – Callie Shanahan) 		To Montreal Victoire
Abby Roque 		[35]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
November 20, 2025 Kelly-Ann Nadeau Lina Ljungblom LTIR [13]
November 22, 2025 Maya Labad Jade Downie-Landry LTIR [36]
January 4, 2026 Tamara Giaquinto Erin Ambrose 10 day contract [34]

Notes

  1. ^ Was a reserve player for the 2024–25 season. Signed a standard player agreement following training camp to fill in for Lina Ljungblom who is on LTIR. Length of contract has not been specified.

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